Massad Ayoob on Guns
RECONSIDERING POWERING DOWN
Remembering my recently deceased friend John Taffin I was reminded how over the years, he shot the hell out of super-powerful handguns like the .500 Linebaugh and hot-loaded .44 Magnum, and wound up with...
REMEMBERING JOHN TAFFIN
My friend John Taffin passed a couple of days ago, after a period of ill health. He was 86.
John was one of the longest-standing gun writers in the business. He was particularly fond of...
THOUGHTS ON WOMEN AND GUNS
From an article in Backwoods Home magazine a while back: https://www.backwoodshome.com/women-and-guns/
INVISIBLE ARMIES
Those who pooh-pooh the Second Amendment and the Minutemen who were the genesis of our nation tell us that ordinary citizens with AR15s and such would have no hope against a serious military force,...
GOOD GUNS CHEAP
There are some good firearms deals out there these days. “Good guns cheap.” America’s 800,000 some-odd cops trade in their old guns every few years and, except for agencies who are afraid of their...
THERE’S A TIME TO TALK TO THE PROSECUTOR
The defense strategy of “never talk to the other side” makes sense for an attorney representing a guilty client. It’s often diametrically opposed to the best strategy for getting charges dropped on a client...
RETURN OF THE FIRING SQUAD?
The death penalty is a controversial issue, obviously. I’ve seen enough wrongful convictions that I can’t advocate for capital punishment.
The same is true of Dr. Jim Williams, a friend and one of my fourth...
ANOTHER GREAT GUN GUY PASSES
Last month I lost one of my best friends. Nolan Santy was 87 when he passed, a genuinely good man and one of the nicest guys in the gun world. Maybe in the world,...
